
The Wiltshire Washbourns of New Zealand
Where are they now?
In the 'Emigrants' page, it can be seen that - of the emigrant family - only five of the second generation married and had children; and there was only one son to carry the surname forward :
1 Susan Julia Washbourn (1844-1924); married William Somerville Orr Caldwell 1866; 6 children [2s 4d].
William Oliver Caldwell (1870-1950) m. Olive Martin
Susan Alice Caldwell (1871-1931) m. John Thorpe
Florence Gertrude Caldwell (1876-1960) m. Leopold Adrian Plews
Lindsay Walter Caldwell (1879-1945) m. Emma Jane Johnson
Ruth Constance Caldwell (1883-1950) m. Henry Victor Christian Madsen
Dorothy Marion Caldwell (1889-1969) m. James Charles Ryman
2 Henry Philip Washbourn (1846-1937); married Clara Emily Caldwell 1874; 4 sons.
Henry Everley Arthur Washbourn (1875-1947) m. Sydney Laing Sinclair
Francis Irvine Washbourn (1877-1951) m. Lucy Frances Gibbs
Hubert Oscar ("Pete") Washbourn (1886-1927) m. Constance Olave Ward
Ralph D'Aglionby Washbourn (1893-1894) unm.
3 Florence Emma Washbourn (1848-1915); married Edmund Jennens 1872; 3 sons.
Arthur Maitland Aglionby Jennins (1878-1937) m. Rita Maude Cusack
Richard Oswald Vernon Jennins (1883-1928) unm.
Lisle Carrington Jennins (1884-1955) m. Lily Charlotte Patterson
4 Ellen Gertrude Washbourn (1855-1934); married Arthur Dermer 1877; 5 children [2s 3d].
Cyril Guy Conduitt Dermer (1879-1947) m. Christina Mary Porter
Beatrice Kathleen Dermer (1880-1953) m. Raymond Percival Walsh
Lola Hoar Dermer (1888-1986) m. John Frederick Knyvett
Amy Laurel Louise Dermer (1890-1900) unm.
Arthur Lawrence Dermer (1893-1953) m. Gladys Mary Sugden
5 Maud Alice Washbourn (1857-1937); married George Kirton 1884; 3 daughters.
Maud Washbourn Hawk Kirton (1886-1964) m. Gordon Bennett Gibbons
Gladys Constance Stuart Kirton (1887-1913) m. Sidney Joseph Johnson
Inez Collingwood Kirton (1893-1986) m. Rupert Monastrecht Reed.
These five families have spread into various parts of New Zealand; there are now 5-6 generations below the initial marriages. The information following is a list of descendant surnames and the main locations of present-day relations; the information is good only up to about 1995 following a collection of family biographies after the 1990 reunion in Collingwood.
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1. Susan Julia Washbourn and William Somerville Orr Caldwell
Descendant surnames are as follow ~
BISHOP, CALDWELL, FIELD, GOLDSMITH, GURM, JOHNSTONE, MADSEN, PLEWS, RYMAN, THORPE.
2. Henry Philip Washbourn and Clara Emily Caldwell
Descendant surnames are ~
ALEXANDER, ATCHLEY, BABER, BROWN, DALE, EASTMAN, GOULTER, GRAHAM, HASKELL, HAWKYARD, HELMS, IZARD,
McDONALD, MEYER, PARKER, PHARAZYN, RING, RYDER, STEWART, STRATHERN, THOMSON, WASHBOURN, WHITE,
WILLCOX.
3. Florence Emma Washbourn and Edmund Jennens
Their descendant surnames are ~
DOBSON, HENSON, JENNINS, MASSEY
4. Ellen Gertrude Washbourn and Arthur Dermer
Have the following surnames in their descendants ~
AMADIO, ANDERSON, BALL, CARLIN, CARSON, CARTHEW, CAVANAGH, CHALMERS, CONNELL, DAVIDSON, DERMER,
HARRIS, HARRISON, HILL, KEIGHTLEY, KNYVETT, MARK, PARKINSON, SCARAMELLA, TAYLOR, WALDIN, WALSH, WAUGH,
WILSON.
5. Maud Alice Washbourn and George Kirton
Their descendants are one of these ~
GIBBONS, JOHNSON, KIRTON, McINNESS, REED, SPOONER, STRATVEIT.